Improvement in fences



UNITED STATES PATET ETE,

SAMUEL OROOKER, OF OAKLAND, (FREDONIA l?. O.,) IOWA.

IMPROVEMENT IN FENCES.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL Gnooknn, of Oakland, in the county of Louisa and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fences; and I do hereby declare that the following' is a full, clear, and exactl description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ot' this specification, in which- Figure l is a side view of a portion otl my improved fence, and showing the manner in which the panels are` secured to each other at the corner. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-sec tion of the same, taken through the line x fr, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a side view ot a portion of my improved fence, showing the manner in which the panels are secured to each other at the corner.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

My .invention has for its object to furnish an improved fence, strong, sim ple in construction, and easily put up and taken down; and it consists, tirst, in the combination and arrange ment of the stakes or braces and binding-bar with the adjacent ends ot' the linear panels; and, second, i'n connectingI the adjacent ends ot' the panels at the corner with each other by passing the notched projecting ends of the horizontal bars of the one panel through mortises formed in the end upright of the other panel, and securing them in place with keys or we( ges, as hereinafter more fully described.

A and B are adjacent linear panels of my improved fence. These panels l generally make twelve feet long and four and a half feet high, having tive horizontal bars or boards, a and b', and three upright bars, a2 and b2. These uprights are placed one at each end ot' the panels and one at the middle, as shown in Fig. l. rlhe lower ends of the uprights a2 and b2 should project about vtwo inches below the lower edge ot the bottom boards, to rest upon the ground and support the fence.-

The end uprights, a2 and b2, should project beyond the ends of the horizontal boards a and b, so as to overlap each other, as shown in Figs. l and 2, and they should have long mortises made a little below their upper ends, which, when the said uprights overlap each other, should exactly correspond; and they should have holes made through them for the reception of the binding-bar.

C are the braces or stakes, which are made with side tenons, o', at their upper ends, which enter the said mortises in the upper parts ot' the end uprights, a2 and D2, and cross each other therein, as shown in Figs. l and 2.

The lower ends of the stakes C rest upon the ground, and they are bound or keyed to each other and to the overlapped panels by the binding-bar D, which passes horizontally through the said stakes and panels, as shown in Fig. 2.

The bars D are made with ahead on one end, and have a hole made in their other ends, through which is passed a key to secure thein in place, as shown in Fig. 2.

This construction binds the fence together, making it rln and secure, and not liable to be overturned by the wind or animals.

At the end of one of the corner panels the second and fourth horizontal boards project beyond the upright b2, and are made hooked by having a notch cut in their lower edges, as shown in Fig. l. These hooked projecting ends ot the boards b2 are then passed through mortises forme-d in the end upright, e', of the other corner panel E, as shown in Fig. l, so

that the lower end ot' said mortises may rest in said notches, where they are secured in place by the wedges or keys F, which are driven between the projecting ends of the said boards b2 and the upper end of the mortises, as shown in Fig. l.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. `The combination and arrangement of the stakes or braces O and bindingbarD with the overlapped ends ot the adjacent panels A and B, substantially as herein described, and tor the purpose set forth.

2. Securing the ends of the adjacent panels B and E, at the corner or angle of the fence, to each other by combining the projecting ends ofthe boards b of the panel B, the end uprights, c, of the panel E, and vthe keys or wedges FA with each other, substantially as herein described, and for the purpose set forth.

SAMUEL CROGKER.

WVitnesses:

LEANDER MCKEE, W. H. Gnocunn. 

